Rudiments of Conchology: Designed as a Familiar Introduction to the Science, for the Use of Young Persons, with Explanatory Plates, and References to the Collection of Shells in the British Museum |
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animal Anomia aperture Arca beak beautiful bivalve bivalve shell British species brown Buccinum Bulimus Bulla byssus called Calyptræa canal Captain G cardinal teeth Cardium Chama Charles Chiton cicatrix collection colour columella common Conchifera conchology cone contains Conus cowry curious Cyclas Cypræa Cytherea Dentalium division Dolium Donax easily Eburna father foot fossile genera Haliotis Helix Helix genus hinge Isocardia kind Lamarck last genus left valve lepades Lepas ligament limpet Linnæus longitudinal look Lucy Mactra Mollusca multivalves Murex muscle Museum Mytilus Nautilus Nerita operculum Ostrea Ovula oyster Patella pearly Pecten perforation Pholas Pinna Planorbis PLATE 9 pretty shell purple rare recollect resemble right margin Sabella Scalaria Serpula shell snail Solen specimen spire Spondylus spots striated Strombus syphon Tellina tentacula Terebellum Terebra Teredo thick thin thorny tooth Triton Trochus Turbo Unimusculosa univalves Venus Voluta whorls yellow